Thomas Blount

Thomas Blount (10 May 1759-7 February 1812) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NC 9) from 1793 to 1799 (preceding Willis Alston) and from NC-3 from 1805 to 1809 and from 1811 to 1812 (interrupting William Kennedy's terms each time).

Biography
Thomas Blount was born in Pitt County, North Carolina in 1759, and he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, during which he was imprisoned by the British. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1788 and served in the US House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799, from 1805 to 1809, and from 1811 until his death in 1812.